2009-11-20T09:31:09-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/death http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/the-light-that-weathers-all-your-storms-5964 2009-11-20T09:31:09-05:00 I know a relationship with Jesus can weather every storm. He's loved and sustained us through losing a baby, through financial crises, through all the struggles of parenting, through major medical battles, and at the casket of so many we've loved. Jesus has never abandoned, never let down anyone who's put their life in His hands. He is the one certain light that your heart needs. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/the-trash-removal-that-saves-your-life-5957 2009-11-10T09:09:06-05:00 You can't get rid of your sin by earning it, by doing good things. You can't inherit God's forgiveness from a Christian family or pick it up by osmosis from just being around Christian things your whole life. Your only hope of getting clean, of getting to heaven, is the cleansing power of the shed blood of Jesus Christ. Not Christianity. Jesus. http://gospel.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/26/should-christians-support-the-death-penalty/ 2009-10-28T10:51:11-05:00 Capital punishment is considered only in the most extreme of cases, and even then, it’s rarely used. Despite its infrequent use, is the death penalty something Christians should support? http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Samuel%2012:22-23&version=NIV 2009-10-08T13:38:19-05:00 The Bible never gives an explicit indication that there is such a thing as the age of accountability--the age at which a child is responsible for their faith; however, we're given indications throughout that God has a plan and a purpose for every child. It seems cruel and not in keeping with God's especial declarations concerning children to think that just because a child died before personally professing their faith they would be condemned. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%205:8&version=KJV 2009-10-02T15:47:16-05:00 Death isn't the end for followers of Christ--in fact, it's just a hurdle beyond which lies eternal life with Christ. Christians should live at all times as if they're completely ready and prepared for death. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/paving-over-it-2573 2009-10-02T11:19:06-05:00 The biggest problem of all - the sin that haunts our past, poisons our present, and threatens our future. Covering it will not work - removing it will. Only Jesus can do that. He's waiting for you to ask Him to. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%202:14-15&version=NIV 2009-10-02T10:02:54-05:00 Without Jesus Christ and the hope of eternal life, our lives would be ruled by a fear of death. But Jesus has triumphed over death; it is no longer the ultimate end of life, and it no longer hangs over everything we do and think. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/life-on-death-row-2942 2009-10-01T15:09:05-05:00 God says condemned people can go free - people sentenced to die can, in a moment, have that death penalty canceled and receive the gift of eternal life. How? By putting your total trust in Jesus - Who went to the cross as your substitute, dying your death penalty. In the moment you say, "Jesus, I'm Yours," you have "crossed over from death to life." http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-last-monster-in-the-dark-2500 2009-10-01T09:57:30-05:00 Death, that last monster in the dark pursues us throughout our life, and we know it will ultimately catch us. But you don't ever need to fear that moment again - if you have your hand in the hand of Jesus, the One who has beaten that monster once and for all. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/what-to-do-with-the-garbage-2528 2009-09-25T14:28:57-05:00 There is no reason to deal with the garbage of your life again. Not when Jesus Christ has shown you what to do with it. Bring all of that garbage up skull hill where it was already dealt with by Jesus, and leave it there.